Daniel Chopra

Daniel Samir Chopra (born 23 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Daniel Chopra
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Samir Chopra
Born (1973-12-23) 23 December 1973
Stockholm, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
PartnerSamantha (m. 2000)
ChildrenCasper, Coco
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
(past champion staus)
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins14
Highest ranking60 (13 January 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Asian Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2008
PGA ChampionshipT41: 2006
U.S. OpenT24: 2004
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2005, 2012

Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age 14.

Chopra turned professional in 1992. From 1996 to 2002 he played intermittently on the European Tour, sometimes failing to retain his tour card, and in 2004 he joined the U.S.-based PGA Tour.

In 2007 he won his first PGA Tour event at the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro. Two PGA Tour events later he picked up another win at the season opening Mercedes-Benz Championship. After his second PGA Tour win, Chopra's career started to fluctuate between the PGA Tour and second-tier (what was then) Nationwide Tour.

A difficult 2010 season, where he made only eight PGA Tour cuts in 28 events, cost him his Tour Card. He won the Nationwide Tour's Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in 2011. Chopra regained his PGA Tour card for 2012 after finishing 19th on the money list. He finished 188th on the Tour's money list and went back to the newly renamed Web.com Tour for 2013. He finished 21st on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 2 cuts in 16 events and finished 249th on the FedEx Cup points list and lost his PGA Tour card.

In 2015, with limited status on either the PGA or Web.com Tour, Chopra won the Asian Tour's qualifying school.

Chopra is now a regular part of Fox Sports' golf coverage.

Amateur wins
  • 1988 All India Junior Championship
  • 1990 All India Junior Championship
  • 1991 All India Junior Championship, Doug Sanders World Junior Championship

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 2007 Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro −19 (67-66-69-71=273) 1 stroke Freddie Jacobson, Shigeki Maruyama
2 6 Jan 2008 Mercedes-Benz Championship −18 (69-72-67-66=274) Playoff Steve Stricker

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Mercedes-Benz Championship Steve Stricker Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Sep 2001 Mercuries Taiwan Masters −4 (71-69-73-71=284) 1 stroke Vivek Bhandari

Nationwide Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Apr 2004 First Tee Arkansas Classic −13 (75-66-68-66=275) 1 stroke John Elliott
2 23 May 2004 Henrico County Open −30 (65-63-65-65=258) 4 strokes Nathan Green, Franklin Langham
3 17 Apr 2011 Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae −12 (68-69-61=198) 1 stroke Russell Knox, Luke List

Challenge Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 24 Jul 1994 Jamtland Open −9 (71-71-68=210) 1 stroke Mats Hallberg
2 2 Oct 1994 Challenge Chargeurs −16 (68-64-64-72=268) 9 strokes Stuart Little

Other wins (6)
  • 1993 Johor Baru Open (Malaysia)
  • 1994 Swedish International Championship, Indian Masters, Malaysian PGA Championship, Indian PGA Championship
  • 1995 Taiwan Open

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2007 MasterCard Masters Aaron Baddeley Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T24 T36
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T41 CUT CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 200520062007200820092010
The Players Championship T40 CUT T44 T42 T14 CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2008
Match Play R64
Championship T34
Invitational T14

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

See also

References
  1. "Week 2 2008 Ending 13 Jan 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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